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Prince William made a statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and somehow people are questioning what it means for his marriage.<\/p>\n
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Words by<\/strong> Georgia Aspinall<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1387844951-copy.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Visit Belize, Jamaica And The Bahamas – Day Eight” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n This week, Prince William stepped outside the royal box, so to speak. In an extremely rare move for the monarchy, the future King intervened in foreign policy by making a public statement calling for \u2018an end to the fighting\u2019 in Gaza as the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to escalate. The death toll in Gaza reached 29,000 this week, with The New York Times reporting that war and illness could kill more than 85,000 Palestinians over the next six months.<\/p>\n \u2018I remain deeply concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict in the Middle East since the Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October, too many have been killed,\u2019 William said in a statement signed by The Prince of Wales. \u2018I, like so many others, want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible. There is a desperate need for increase humanitarian support to Gaza. It\u2019s critical that aid gets in, and hostages are released.\u2019<\/p>\n William went on to say that the sheer scale of human suffering should bring home the importance of finding a solution for permanent peace. \u2018Even in the darkest hour, we must not succumb to the counsel of despair,\u2019 he said. \u2018I continue to cling to the hope that a brighter future can be found, and I refuse to give up on that.\u2019<\/p>\n His statement comes at a crucial time as infighting across the British government led to a chaotic debate in the House of Commons this week. When Labour called for a motion to vote on an \u2018immediate humanitarian ceasefire\u2019 in Gaza, the ensuing handling of the vote by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle became so tense that some SNP and Tory MPs walked out of the chamber. Labour\u2019s motion went through without a formal vote, instead relying on loud shouts of \u2018aye\u2019, but the government does not have to adopt Labour\u2019s position as it was not a binding vote. Alas, despite all the chaos, last night\u2019s vote has no effect on UK policy and even less on helping people in Gaza.<\/p>\n When you acknowledge the issues, and devastation, at the root of these stories what we\u2019re about to say will seem ludicrous \u2013 and frankly, it is. Because, somehow in the twisted world of the internet, a story about Prince William calling for an end to unthinkable suffering has turned into salacious commentary on his marriage. Yes, really.<\/p>\n Royal obsessives have been picking apart William\u2019s statement online, specifically that he signed the statement as from him alone, as opposed to \u2018from The Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019, which is the signature on most of their public statements. \u2018Last year when [Kensington Palace] released a statement about the Middle East, it said “William and Kate”, now William is just using “I” in his statement and he’s using his logo?\u2019 one person questioned on Twitter. \u2018What really happened to Kate? Why is he distancing himself from her so much?\u2019<\/p>\n The first statement the tweeter was referring to is William and Kate\u2019s shared statement on October 11th, 2023, when they condemned Hamas\u2019 actions in Israel and expressed support for the victims involved.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Now, #WhereIsKate is a trending hashtag on social media, with some even suggesting that his statement shows they are living separately and are even getting divorced. \u2018Ya\u2019ll now witnessing the final act,\u2019 one person tweeted in response to the statement. \u2018How to announce a separation without announcing a separation.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018The marriage is over, and she is gradually being written out of the narrative,\u2019 another tweeted. \u2018I think it\u2019s been coming even before QEII passed away, all the signs were there but the Queen had made it clear she wanted no more divorce. With her gone, nothing stopping him going solo.\u2019<\/p>\n The discourse is, to put it mildly, quite the reach. Countless people are now sharing similar sentiments and questioning Kate\u2019s absence from royal life. The Princess of Wales is currently taking a break from public duties to recover from major abdomen surgery and is not expected to return until after Easter. Kate was in hospital at The London Clinic for 12 days before returning home to Windsor and was said to be \u2018making good progress\u2019 according to a statement from Kensington Palace at the end of January.<\/p>\n Judging by public commentary, it seems that there is a faction of internet sleuths who simply don\u2019t believe that Kate\u2019s temporary withdrawal from royal life is as innocent as it seems. Alas, Kate and William appeared to predict the frenzy her medical leave would cause in their initial statement. \u2018The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate,\u2019 it read. \u2018She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible; and her wish that her personal medical information remains private.\u2019<\/p>\n The Palace went on to say that in that vein, updates on Kate\u2019s condition would only be publicly shared when there was \u2018significant new information\u2019. Will the incessant internet rumours cause them to speak out further? We can only wait and see, but according to royal experts, the wild hearsay online needs to be put to bed.<\/p>\n \u2018I think people are reading too much into [William\u2019s Gaza statement], Catherine is off work at the moment recovering from a major operation,\u2019 says Katie Nicholl, author of The New Royals. \u2018The most important thing about the statement is that it was unusual because yes, it\u2019s a humanitarian appeal but it can also be deemed political. William would\u2019ve known this statement was going to cause attention, and by bringing his wife into that statement he wouldn\u2019t brought attention onto her at a time when she\u2019s wanting to remain out of the public spotlight<\/p>\n \u2018My understanding is that William, behind the scenes, is being incredibly supportive,\u2019 Nicholl continues. \u2018He\u2019s doing everything he can to be there for his wife and their three young children, while keeping the royal roadshow on the road with his father also going through cancer treatment. William is in one of the most difficult circumstances of his life at the moment. So much, both at home and in terms of duty, is falling on his shoulders and he\u2019s stepping up as we would expect him to. We may even see him representing the King at next month\u2019s Commonwealth Day service. Certainly, for all those claiming to support Kate while making these claims and furiously demanding \u2018the real story\u2019, surely one must realise that endless speculation about her marriage at such a vulnerable time is actually quite harmful? One would hope that the sentiment of William\u2019s statement was the real focus here, so let\u2019s turn our attention back to the horrendous suffering he speaks of instead. The humanitarian crisis currently unfolding in Gaza right now is what we should all be shouting about.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Photo: <\/b>Netflix<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" #WhereIsKate is a trending hashtag on social media, with some even suggesting that his statement shows they are living separately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"kschwarz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2018The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate,\u2019<\/h2>\n
\u2018That\u2019s where the attention needs to be, how William is stepping up is supporting his wife, father and young family, not on malicious gossip about the state of his marriage.\u2019<\/p>\n